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UAW endorses casino ballot plan
The United Auto Workers Union Region 2B - representing 180,000 active and retired workers in Ohio - has endorsed State Issue 3 on the Nov. 3 ballot, the plan to put casinos in Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus and Toledo.
“No one knows better than our members what the economic downturn has done to the state of Ohio,” Ken Lortz, UAW Region 2B director, said in a press release on Wednesday, Sept. 9. “Issue 3 is first and foremost a jobs creation and economic development issue.”
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By Dagwood
September 10, 2009 12:57 PM | Link to this
I think casinos are a great idea! We need more jobs to Ohio! UAW did the right thing!
By BigDude51
September 9, 2009 3:36 PM | Link to this
This is a great opportunity to bring jobs and economic development to our major cities. Yes on Issue 3.
By concerned
September 9, 2009 1:28 PM | Link to this
i didnt see any thing written on the issue 3 that made sacrificing our already dying ohio cities really benifit from this. dayton is a city of poor not able to afford a house community, thier education level boils on stupid.its a comunity of renters in broken houses that dont pass housing standards in most states. the good parts are where we own houses in englewood and other places like it are already praying that our jobs are still here tomorrow and me trying to find a job that no one legal is hiring anymore. do we really need to make more people poorer then they are already are shall we also make them homeless now and a gambing addiction on top of it? the gambing adds only show white people in the adds, why is that they dont show the poor black person or the white man about to lose everything? because we would all realize gambing can hurt our neighborhoods. us tax payers would lose. gambing is only good in states that can really afford the concenquenses that come with it and right now isnt the time. we would benifit more if they created a real legal business that doesnt led to gambing and could really grow our economy instead.if i wanted to gamble i already have plenty of places to go if i wanted to. we the people have to watch our wallets already. that is why i say what i do on this.
By Tim
September 9, 2009 12:41 PM | Link to this
My guess is that the plan is to staff the casino with union employees. Otherwise they wouldn’t be endorsing it.
By Fred
September 9, 2009 11:45 AM | Link to this
The people in Indiana are very happy with their casinos. It is documented in a series of reports written by the Center for Urban Policy and the Environment. They studied the social and economic impact of the casinos. Take a look: http://www.in.gov/igc/2361.htm
By inquiring mind
September 9, 2009 10:39 AM | Link to this
Yes to Casinos (even though I will never set foot in one), but no to any union involvement in their construction or day-to-day operations!
By Travis Aker
September 9, 2009 10:25 AM | Link to this
No to casinos
By Matt
September 9, 2009 9:56 AM | Link to this
Of course they endorse it, so they can weasel their way in to set up “Union” casino’s and then come up with a contract to make the casino’s unprofitable… another great union idea… morons